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Runic Oklahoma:
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N W I T Lectures:
H D R . April
H E N R
W I L 5,
L I2015
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Professor
Williams
15I K& May
T h u r s d a y, A p r i l 3 0 , 6 : 3 0 p m
Constitution Hall, Nigh University Center
Did Scandinavian traders explore America and Oklahoma long before Columbus sailed
the April
ocean
Dr.5:30
Henrik
Williams
Wednesday,
15 —blue?
reception
p.m., lecture
6:30 p.m.from Uppsala University in Sweden will discuss this
possibility
at the
of Central
Oklahoma.
Dr.ofWilliams
is one
the world’s
leaders
It is hard
to think of any
humanUniversity
activity not revealed
in runic inscriptions.
The title
Ian Dury’s 1977
song of
illustrates
just some of
the aspects
we might
think
are
only
modern.
But
people
will
be
people,
as
will
be
made
clear
in
this
exposé
of
a
few
perhaps
unexpected
phenomena
within runology: the study of runic texts that are found throughout Europe. During his visit
spelled out in runes, some more than 1,500 years old.
to Oklahoma, Dr. Williams will conduct field examinations of runestones from Oklahoma and
$5 per person; includes one drink.
North Texas. Dr. Williams will also lecture on the significance of runes as potential phenomena
Come early and enjoy light hors d’oeuvres. Cash bar available.
Museum admission must be purchased
separately.European contact pre-dating Columbus.
indicating
“Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll in Runic Times”
Registration is recommended. Register online at ASImn.org or call (612) 871-4907.
For more information
Professor Henrik Williams holds the professorship in Scandinavian Languages at Uppsala University. He is primarily a philologist, teaching and
doing Contact
research in Leadership
runology, Old Central
Swedish, and
Old Icelandic.
Professor
Williams has authored numerous scholarly papers in both Swedish and
at (405)
974-5560
or [email protected]
English and published a variety of pieces including a book on the language in Viking age Swedish runes stones, an edition of the Old Swedish
romance Haerra Ivan and major articles on the conversion of Sweden. Recently, he was awarded the Rudbeck medal for his ground-breaking
work in runology.
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
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